Soon enough, her mother had scheduled her piano lessons with a man from the first floor who is nearly deaf. She hated playing the piano and soon figured out that she could be lazy and not play the right rhythms and notes because Mr. ... In the end of the short story, the mother returns the piano to Jing-mei for her thirtieth birthday. ... Chong in exchange for piano lessons. As well as when the mother saved up to buy Jing-mei a piano. ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Taking advantage of the deaf piano teacher was another act of defiance. ... "If I hit the wrong notes because I hadn't practiced enough, I never corrected myself" (719). ... Jing mei's mother was embarrassed when she was subjected to the disappointing piano recital. ... When she found out she was to start piano lessons, she threw a tantrum. ... In her mother's eyes, her ability to play and progress at the piano is very important. ...

• Word Count: 789
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

From then on in the story every time Jing-Mei's mother would impose a certain test on her she would try to fail it as miserably as possible, this was also true for the piano lessons that her mother made her take. The lessons were something that Jing-Mei really didn't want to do, she confessed to having regretted that because she ended up embarrassing herself and her family at the talent show that her mother signed her up for where she proved that she didn't know how to play piano. ... The daughter also didn't want to "suck" at playing the piano and the proof of that is that...

• Word Count: 845
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

After coming to this conclusion, Jing Mei's transformation from an obedient child to a rebellious child is seen when she comes home and sees her mother watching a young, Chinese girl playing the piano on the television. ... "Play note right, but doesn't sound good!...

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School